Is 38 too old to become cabin crew?

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Live in Europe and looking to go back to work full time now DS3 is 2.5 this is one of my options. Other is remote work of some sort.

My eldest doesn't live with us, he is 15 and chose to stay in the uk with his dad to finish school.

Her OP described the youngest child as DS3, aged 2.5.

That means he is her third child.

She didn’t ask for advice about childcare arrangements, or doing the job in general. She asked about the age limit. The answer to that question doesn’t require any knowledge about the age of her children.

Should add that he usually reports to the airport at 5.30am (sometimes as late as 7am) then will be back on his final flight approx 12 hours later. He works a max of 4 days but normally 3. You'll need good wraparound arrangements and whilst airlines obviously have to have emergency sickness contingency plans, if it happens more than occasionally you'll quickly find you are out, they can't take off without crew so need reliable staff. Many are actively recruiting older cabin crew as we don't have little kids, not that they can ask you

I honestly think it’s a crazy career choice for anyone with young kids unless you have a partner at home who can do the majority of childcare. As others have said, it’s a generally quite a physically tough, exhausting role with presumably limited flexibility. If I really wanted to be cabin crew (and personally it’s my idea of hell) I’d wait till my kids were older — age isn’t a barrier to that career path now, other than the physical element. For now I’d find something closer to home.

I thought the salary was terrible these days and virtually no perks, I don't get it?

Some cheapie airlines make you pay for your uniform. On your feet all day, cleaning toilets, no discounts on flights, even if you do a long haul to somewhere nice you'll just stay at an airport hotel somewhere and then go back?

To give context as to why she is only considering the career move now, as opposed to having trained when she was younger. Anyway, regardless of her thinking, I am very sure that what she didn’t ask for was to be scolded by a stranger who wanted to crow about “catching her out” because her OP didn’t match their exacting requirements. How does that help her?

I know someone who retrained early 50s and is now with BA long haul.

Go for it!

He doesn't go away often, and as I said my mum would help out.

My sons partner is / was cabin crew
he’s just left a few weeks ago as he couldn’t deal with the shifts 3am starts
being on call and called in last minute
He did it in the uk for 3 years

he’s only 26 with no kids and they have no plans to adopt / have kids now or in the future

it played havoc with his general health as well
He did enjoy mostly it and he said he might go back to it in a few years but he’s looking for a office - Mon - Fri job for now

with small kids I can imagine it being a nightmare to arrange child care especially when your on call

you also need to live / be able to get to the airport within 90 mins I think
they lived a 20 min drive from the airport
so no problems getting in to work

Nearest one is an hour and a half but it's seasonal. The main ones are 3 hours away but the airline states you would be doing 5 days on 3 days off.

Correct. Our 6 year old gets the school bus back to the village which is only around 10 mins

The airport being 3 hours away makes this situation even madder.

Your two young children would spend practically the whole week living with your mum.

That or remote work from home. There plenty I could do here during the summer season but I want something permanent. Does it matter why we emigrated?